Door or slide for railway-cars.



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DOOR. 0R SLIDE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 5, 1901.

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No. 718,702. PATENTEDQTAN. 20, 1903.

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DOOR 0R SLIDE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1901.

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UNITED STATES LEON DANIEL, OF STANISLAU, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ISIDOR FALK, OF S'IANISLAU, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

DOOR OR SLIDE FOR RAILWAY CARS.

SPEGIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 718,702, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed November 5, 1901- $erial No. 81,246, (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, LEON DANIEL, master workman, of Stanislau, Province of Galicia, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doors or Slides for Railway-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in doors or slides for railway-cars, and has for its object to provide a very efficient and simple means for preventing the falling out of the contents of the car.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows .in elevation a railway-car provided with the improved slide, the latter being let down. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 1 2 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 represents in a vertical cross-section on the line 3 4 of Fig. 1 the middle part of a car on an enlarged scale, the slide on one side of the car being raised and that on the other side being let down. Fig. 4: and Fig. 5 are vertical crosssections on the line 5-6 of Fig. 6 of the upper and of the lower parts, respectively, of a slide constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 6 is asectional plan, executed in natural size, of one half of the slide and of the guide of same.

In accordance with this invention the two 0 slides a and b are constructed of undulated sheet metal, which is arranged and applied to the car similar to the shutters of shops. The length of this sheet metal is about sixty inches, and the height of the undulations is about four-fifths of an inch, so that this sheet metal is very rigid and capable of resisting bending action. At the top and bottom the sheet metal is riveted to angle-irons c, and on both lateral edges it is provided with guid- 0 ing-pulleys e and with strips of leather d, riveted to these edges. The pulleys e are guided by U-shaped angle-irons f, suitably adapted to the cross-section of the car. These angle-irons are applied and fixed to the inner 5 walls of the uprights facing each other and to the curved ceiling of the car in such a manner that the slides of undulated sheet metal may be brought from the vertical position into a horizontal onethat is to say,

into a position parallel to the roofand stopped in this position by means of turnbuckles pivoted at Z.

For security the two slides a and b when raised to their horizontal position are connected by means of hooks and rings, so that 5 5 when by chance one turnbuckle is turned off from one slide the latter is prevented from accidentally sliding down. Upon the upper angle-iron of one slide there are placed hooks h and on the other slide rings '6, into which the hooks 72. may enter. Handles g are provided for lowering the slide when desired. The angle-irons at bottom are lined with a packing-strip 7a of leather or similar material in order to obtain a tight joint.

These metallic slides advantageously replace the analogous devices heretofore used for the purposes described, as they are much more resistant than wooden slides and do not occupy undue space in the car, nor do they require special securing means for holding them in position when lowered.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In doors or slides for railway-cars, the

combination with a pair of undulated sheets of metal, one on each side of the car, provided with strengthening edges at their tops and bottoms; and guides in which said sheets of metal are adapted to slide extending vertically and also approximately parallel to the roof of the car; of a hook on the top of one of said slides and a ring on the top of the other of said slides, adapted to connect the said slides together and support the same when they are in their elevated position.

2. In doors or slides for railway-cars, the combination with a pair of undulated sheets of metal, one on each side of the car, pro- 0 vided with strengthening edges at their tops and bottoms and strips of packing at their bottoms; and guides in which said sheets of metal are adapted to slide extending vertically and also approximately parallel to the 5 roof of the car; of a hook on the top of one of said slides and a ring on the top of the other of said slides, adapted to connect the said slides together and support the same when they are in their elevated position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my. name, this Zetth day of October, 1901, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEON DANIEL.

Witnesses:

J OHANN LUX, ALVES'IO S. Hoeun.

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